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If Not for a very special '68 P!! Ranger I'd have bought a lawn mower instead of a Combat in '99. If ya think I'm full of it on how Harsh Ms Peel loves to turn, you will also think I'm just as full of it on how HARSH Acceleration I enjoyed. I've spared forum most those tales. How Harsh?, only took about 5 car lengths to top 50 and get air borne by road crown 3-4 ft all the way across 4 lane Fed Hwy.
Of course nothing left to shake off, mirrors to mufflers. Hoping apple didn't drop far from the tree i spent rest of my savings with no work in sight on a Combat.
Hehe, P11's dominated desert-off road racing while produced, so that's in Commando gene expression too, in spades, whether ya express it or not.
Heck they had to handle cobble stones in England and that's meaner than THE G.
Ohhhh my do I miss it so still. Only big block blower may match it. Kawi 750 3 smokes sure couldn't : ) Good light frame bones in special alloy too.
Btw, my P!! had the very first forward canted Norton twin engine. not Cdo's.
hobot --- long read on Hybrid bastards that gave us our mongrel Commandos -----
Contemporary road tests show that in America the P.11 where it was called the 'Cheetah 45' because of its tremendous acceleration) was very highly rated and some testers were not at all concerned about how much lighter the machine felt after a rugged test. Of course it can be said that the machine was never intended to be jumped with all its ancillary equipment in place
As mentioned earlier the oil tank was a very tight fit in the frame. The later steel tanks were gas welded and sometimes with heat distortion they would not fit into the frame on the assembly line and were scrapped. The factory made new pressings with a raised seam to join the outside to the main tank and these were lip welded and did not distort on cooling. The series was halted before they were used so these tanks were put into spares stock. By this time the Commando had been in production for several months and sales were extremely encouraging, therefore it was decided to cease production of the P.11 series to concentrate on increased orders for the machine with a better sales potential. And so that concluded another series which ruled the desert for a couple of years. The first Commandos used some parts from the G.15 series, many ideas from the P.11 series, an engine developed from the Atlas, a frame designed by an outside engineer and was built in the old AMC factory by Matchless men. Oh no - not another hybrid!
skip>1:15 sec and turn up volume. LOL each time as if it was me, w/o any let ups!
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkYpWySknw8[/video]
Of course nothing left to shake off, mirrors to mufflers. Hoping apple didn't drop far from the tree i spent rest of my savings with no work in sight on a Combat.
Hehe, P11's dominated desert-off road racing while produced, so that's in Commando gene expression too, in spades, whether ya express it or not.
Heck they had to handle cobble stones in England and that's meaner than THE G.
Ohhhh my do I miss it so still. Only big block blower may match it. Kawi 750 3 smokes sure couldn't : ) Good light frame bones in special alloy too.
Btw, my P!! had the very first forward canted Norton twin engine. not Cdo's.
hobot --- long read on Hybrid bastards that gave us our mongrel Commandos -----
Contemporary road tests show that in America the P.11 where it was called the 'Cheetah 45' because of its tremendous acceleration) was very highly rated and some testers were not at all concerned about how much lighter the machine felt after a rugged test. Of course it can be said that the machine was never intended to be jumped with all its ancillary equipment in place
As mentioned earlier the oil tank was a very tight fit in the frame. The later steel tanks were gas welded and sometimes with heat distortion they would not fit into the frame on the assembly line and were scrapped. The factory made new pressings with a raised seam to join the outside to the main tank and these were lip welded and did not distort on cooling. The series was halted before they were used so these tanks were put into spares stock. By this time the Commando had been in production for several months and sales were extremely encouraging, therefore it was decided to cease production of the P.11 series to concentrate on increased orders for the machine with a better sales potential. And so that concluded another series which ruled the desert for a couple of years. The first Commandos used some parts from the G.15 series, many ideas from the P.11 series, an engine developed from the Atlas, a frame designed by an outside engineer and was built in the old AMC factory by Matchless men. Oh no - not another hybrid!
skip>1:15 sec and turn up volume. LOL each time as if it was me, w/o any let ups!
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkYpWySknw8[/video]
